For cooking and meal ideas - try our Smart Recipes!

If you're stuck for some healthier meal ideas and need some help getting started, our Smart Recipes can help! Most recipes feed four adults and can be made on a budget.

Use it to choose meal combinations - it will even create a shopping list for you! Or if you just want ideas for a meal today, click on the recipe finder instead - you can browse by meal type or search by ingredient.

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A helping hand

Meal Mixer is a 4 week plan to help you to cook healthier meals for yourself and your family or friends.

Every Friday for 4 weeks, we’ll send you a tasty, healthy recipe with easy to follow instructions, and a shopping list of all the ingredients you’ll need for around £5. After only 4 weeks you’ll know how to cook at least 4 different meals from scratch!